Queen Karina

check out the beauty mark

she did a great job

proud mama

love this one

feeling beautiful

hamming it up

Mr. Mark

with Nevine, but more importantly, with soda!

Don't drop it! Mark goes bowling

We went bowling yesterday, a first for our kids! Each push of the ball down the lane took about 80 seconds to reach its destination at the other end, but the jumping and horrays that were emitted each time a pin fell were worth the wait.

assessing the challenge

the wait

the results

"is this my ball?"

"I wanna play too, Karina"

"Yaay! I got it, I got it, I got it!"

"did you see that? I threw it like this, and then..."

"but where is MY ball?"

Family Holiday over Easter

We had a five day break as several holidays rolled into one over Easter weekend (Eastern Easter was april 27) so we headed to our favorite place -- the Red Sea! Rather than go to our regular getaway we headed South 6 hours to El Gouna where we rented a one bedroom apartment for four nights. We literally opened the back door onto the swimming pool so it was about as perfect as a family vacation can get. Karina's favorite memory: 8 bowls of ice cream in 4 days! The shame was that we forgot to pack our camera! I couldn't believe it. During our stay we visited my friend and colleague Francoise at her new home and she was kind enough to take some family pics and great shots of the kids... thanks for that Francoise (and Karina thanks you for the bowl of ice cream) :)